The federal government has appealed to labour unions to continue negotiations regarding the new minimum wage. Addressing a press conference on Monday in Abuja, Minister of Information , Mohammed Idris, said the government is committed to peaceful and mutually beneficial outcome of the issues. The minister said recent efforts by both the National Assembly and…

National Assembly Workers on Monday shut down the complex in compliance with the strike declared by the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC). The strike, called over a new minimum wage and the recent hike in electricity tariff, has paralysed economic activities across Nigeria. The federal government had initially proposed a…

Ministries, courts, schools and commercial banks were shutdown on Monday in Kaduna in compliance with the nation wide strike declared by the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC). The labour unions had on Friday declared an indefinite strike over a new minimum wage and the recent hike in electricity tariffs. Business activities…

The Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC) have declared an indefinite nationwide strike over the the refusal of the federal government to raise the proposed minimum wage above N60,000. President of the NLC, Joe Ajaero, disclosed this at a press conference on Friday in Abuja Ajaero said the strike would begin…